Lisbon's April 25th bridge is in need of some serious repair work, with many newspapers claiming the structure is unsafe and that trains and HGVs should be banned.
Whether or not repair is necessary to prevent the bridge collapsing, what is clear is that the €40 million a year toll income collected from drivers will continue to be kept by Lusoponte rather than a cent of it used on structural repairs.
The weather is getting worse with 11 red warnings for coastal districts from now until 18:00 on Sunday.
The weather service has warned of winds gusting from 85 kmph to 120 kmph in the north of the country with many districts currently on orange alert upgraded to a red alert from early Sunday morning.
Chinese space station Tiangong-1 has been careering around space in an ever decreasing orbit and is expected to reconnect with Mother Earth between March 27 and April 8.
AMAL, the Algarve’s mayors’ group, unanimously* has approved the introduction of a tourist tax for those staying in the region’s hotels and guest houses.
Cascais council is to repair and renovate the Fort of Santo António da Barra, the former holiday home of Portugal’s dictator, António Oliveira Salazar.
The state of the sea is expected to worsen on Saturday night and Sunday morning with waves reaching 15 metres along the west coast.
The Scottish woman who buried her husband's corpse on their farm in Linhares da Beira, Guarda district, has been fined by the local court.
In response to the questioning by the environmental group, ZERO, the Ministry of the Environment has revealed the 2015 and 2016 discharge figures relating to the Celtejo 'Bleached Eucalyptus Kraft Pulp' (BEKP) plant.
